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Colin says on 27/Dec/11
I'd just like to add that Bill Clinton is not the second tallest president, he's the 4th tallest. Lyndon B. Johnson and Abraham Lincoln are the tallest presidents, both standing at 6'4 (193 cm).
James says on 13/Nov/11
don't mean too be disrespectul too dianas memory but could 5'9.75 (177cm) be closer for Lady Di? James says on 13/Nov/11
rob didn't cindy crawford who u have at 5'9 remark that on meeting princess diana was suprised that she was the same height as her? or was it that diana was slightly taller than her? i guess sometimes women can wear different heel sizes that can make it harder too judge who is taller or shorter.
Mamun did say that diana could have been 177cm upon meeting her.
[Editor Rob: shoe difference is possible, but being within 1 inch of someone, it's very easy to just say 'they are the same height'] Kostas says on 29/Oct/11
Irshgrl500 says on 23/Jul/11: Clinton, who was our 2nd tallest President, at 6'3", comes from a dirt poor family
Irshgrl500, what you wrote actually proves Mon's point lol...I mean, if a tall guy from a poor family managed to reach so far in life, his stature may have had something to do with it...
Not saying I agree with Mon...I just think you picked a bad example, that's all... Bon_ says on 27/Aug/11
I think she was a legit 5'11 and downgraded herself for several reasons: Because her husband was shorter, because not to be viewed as freakish etc. Petya says on 15/Aug/11
@Irsgh500-In England height was always connected with class but it may or may not be true these days.I'm talking here on the bell curve which doesn't mean that all upper class people are taller (the Queen is like 5') but that a higher % are taller compared to the lower classes.
This is not always true in the US though but it appears to me that the upper classes are taller and slimmer in general than the poorer. Mon says on 3/Aug/11
Irshgrl500, they forced their way into upper class. And presidents have historically tended to be WAY taller than average because height is an important part of status but only for a man. Diana's fans don't feel the need to claim she was over over 5'10'' because it doesn't really matter, if anything that is too tall for a woman. Final word, the 5'10'' figure is mere supposition by newspapers, lofty men who met her have said she was seriously tall. To me that suggests over 5'10''. Irshgrl500 says on 23/Jul/11
In addition to my last comment. Selectively sampled; let's take our last two Democrat Presidents, Obama, and Clinton. Obama is 6'1.5", and comes from a middle class family. Clinton, who was our 2nd tallest President, at 6'3", comes from a dirt poor family. LOL, height has nothing to do with social class. Also, Princess Di was the same height as my mother, 5'10". Very tall, and a great height for a woman. Irshgrl500 says on 23/Jul/11
This is in response to "Mon" who states "Upper Class" people are tall. Hmm. You are kidding, are you? Height ranges through all classes; the poor or less fortunate, middle class and upper class. Shaun says on 20/Jul/11
Definitely a legit 5'10". She was clearly in the very tall range for a woman. Interestingly her 5'10" is the equivalent of a male 6'3 (William) CAA says on 14/Jun/11
I was standing beside her statue in madame tussaud in thailand, and in about 3 to 4 inch heels, she looked about 6 -2.5 or more, because I am about 6-5.5 in shoes, and about 6-3.5 to 4 without, and her figurine was halfway up my forehead. She looked gigantic!So I think she was about 5-11, or maybe more. I would say that casually speaking she could be easily passed off as a 6 foot lady. Galv says on 29/May/11
She said in an interview that she was 5'10.75. She also said that it's a good thing that the boys got the height from her side of the family, or they'd be short. Mon says on 25/May/11
Dremiere, Charles is 5'10''. How could Diana be visibly shorter ?
Obviously Charles stole a good inch with custom footwear. Demiere Lee says on 7/May/11
She was the height of my mother or had to be. They claim she was 5'10 but in the book Princess Diana:Royal Ambassador from the Library of Famous Women series page 20 she looked like she was a little shorter than prince Charles who is 179 cm. I think she was a graceful charming and elegant woman and a fashion idealist during the 80s and 90s. To bad she didn't live to see Prince William marry Princess Kate Middleton but honestly there's no connection between them. Queen Elizabeth II is 5'4.5 I'd say. Mon says on 30/Apr/11
Seriously tall journalists who'd met her couldn't get over big tall she was: Unbidden to reference Dianna's height Jeremy Paxman (6'3''?) referred to her as a GIANTESS. Does that sound like the reaction of a very tall man to a 5'10 woman? Max Hastings (6'5'') said her size was the thing that struck people on meeting her. Hastings said that she seemed to be someone his own size (relatively speaking). Does that sound like the reaction of a 6'5'' man to a 5'10'' woman. Upper class people are tall.
One reason people underestimate her height was that she had a rather large head (possibly larger than Charles's) and that makes you look shorter (EG Richard Burton). There are pictures (EG Cannes film festival in 1987 ) where she looks far taller than Charles. Charles is deceptively tall, taller than he looks in photos, and as a man married to a tall woman you can bet he stole an inch with footwear. ArjunaKoral says on 29/Apr/11
@Genevieve. You write about Prince Charles,"he will assume a shocking & terrifying role in the end of days"! Pl, go get yourself a life u loony tune! It might just save u from ending up in a lunatic assylum! bruno says on 28/Apr/11
How can she be 5"10 (178cm)? Are people here day dreaming? Have you'll see the pics of her standing next to her husband after the wedding or at any other occasion, she is atleast, repeating myself ATLEAST 2" (5cm) shorter!! If he was 5"10, and she looks atleast 2" inches shorter how can she be 5"10? People here tend to exaggerate. Shaun says on 27/Apr/11
Camilla Parker Bowles is 5'6" range. Shaun says on 27/Apr/11
@Samah. I guess she physically appealed to the Egyptians.... She claimed 5'10 3/4, now why would she be specific about that if she was 5'10"? I agree she didn't look near 5'11" next to John Travolta. SAK says on 20/Apr/11
Kate middleton also looks 5ft10. samah says on 9/Dec/10
I'm a women from Egypt I loved princess Diana for me she was the most beautiful , elegance , sweet and atractive women I ever saw and I think her tall was making her more attractive Mon says on 8/Nov/10
As any Brit will tell you Diana was slightly taller than Prince Charles.
If Charles is indeed 5'10'' that is reason enough for an upgrade to 5'10 1/2 for Diana. Rampage(\\-_-_-/)Clover says on 27/Oct/10
She was 5"10.5(179cm)
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